by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Last Monday morning, Team Emancipate’s Dedan Waciuri and Jaelyn Miller sat together in the Greenville, NC, Pitt County courthouse. They were there for our Don’t Plead to Weed (DPW) campaign. To quote Dedan, the Pitt County judges pass out criminal convictions for...
by operations | Oct 25, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Earlier this month, President Biden announced federal pardons for people convicted of possession of marijuana and asked the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reclassify the drug. He stated “no one should be in jail for using or possessing...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Aug 31, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Last week, Dawn Blagrove traveled to Akron, Ohio for a Week of Action as part of Emancipate NC’s membership in the Black Freedom Collective, a project of Community Change. The Week of Action honored the memory of Jayland Walker, who was murdered by police during a...
